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Increased Brain Activity in Frontal and Parietal Cortex Underlies the Development of Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity during Childhood

✍ Scribed by Klingberg, Torkel; Forssberg, Hans; Westerberg, Helena

Book ID: 119939723
Publisher: MIT Press
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 333 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 0898-929X
DOI: 10.1162/089892902317205276

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